Folding collapsible deck chair

ABSTRACT

A folding collapsible deck chair includes a seat, a backrest and a footrest angle-adjustably hinged to front and rear sides of seat frame of the seat, and two stands hinged to the seat and adapted to support the seat on the floor, the stands each having a width smaller than the seat frame of the seat for enabling the stands to be received within the area of the seat frame of the seat when collapsed, and two couplings respectively pivoted to two ends of front and rear side of the seat frame of said seat, the couplings each having a lug that limits the turning angle of the stands relative to the seat frame of the seat.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates to a deck chair and, moreparticularly, to a folding collapsible deck chair that keeps the standreceived within the area of the seat frame of the seat to minimizevertical space occupation when collapsed.

[0002] In order to minimize space occupation, folding collapsiblefurniture are developed. FIGS. 6 and 7 show a folding collapsible deckchair according to the prior art. This structure of folding collapsibledeck chair is functional, however it still occupies much storage spacewhen collapsed because the frames are arranged in a stack when foldedup.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The present invention has been accomplished to provide a foldingcollapsible deck chair, which eliminates the aforesaid drawbacks.According to one aspect of the present invention, the foldingcollapsible deck chair is comprised of a seat, a backrest, a footrest,and two stands. The stands each have a width smaller than the seat frameof the seat for enabling the stands to be received within the area ofthe seat frame of the seat when collapsed, and two couplingsrespectively pivoted to two ends of front and rear side of the seatframe of said seat. The couplings each have a lug that limits theturning angle of the stands relative to the seat frame of the seat.According to another aspect of the present invention the backrest frameof the backrest and the footrest frame of the footrest are smoothlyarched.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0004]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a folding collapsible deck chairconstructed according to the present invention.

[0005]FIG. 2 is an exploded view in an enlarged scale of a part of thepresent invention.

[0006]FIG. 3 is a perspective view in an enlarged scale of a part of thepresent invention, showing the stand received within the area of theseat frame of the seat.

[0007]FIG. 4 is a side view showing the folding collapsible deck chairfolded up according to the present invention.

[0008]FIG. 5 is a top view in an enlarged scale of a part of the presentinvention when collapsed.

[0009]FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a part of a folding collapsibledeck chair constructed according to the prior art.

[0010]FIG. 7 is side view in an enlarged scale of the prior art foldingcollapsible deck chair when collapsed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0011] Referring to FIGS. From 1 through 5, a folding collapsible deckchair 100 in accordance with the present invention is generallycomprised of a seat 1, a backrest 2, a footrest 3, and two stands 4. Theseat 1 comprises a seat frame 10. Similar to conventional designs, thebackrest 2 and the footrest 3 have the respective backrest frame 20 andfootrest frame 30 respectively angle-adjustably hinged to front and rearsides of the seat frame 10 of the seat 1. The backrest frame 20 and thefootrest frame 30 are smoothly arched. The stands 4 are respectivelycoupled to the front and rear sides of the seat frame 10 of the seat 1,and adapted to support the folding collapsible deck chair 100 on thefloor. The width of the stands 4 is slightly smaller than the width ofthe seat frame 10 of the seat 1 so that the stands 4 can be receivedwithin the area of the seat frame 10 when folding up the foldingcollapsible deck chair 100 from the extended position to the collapsedposition.

[0012] The stands 4 each have two couplings 40 respectively pivoted totwo ends of the front or rear side of the seat frame 10 of the seat 1 atthe bottom side. The couplings 40 each have a lug 41 that limits theturning angle of the respective stand 4 relative to the seat frame 10 ofthe seat 1.

[0013] When extending out the stands 4, the lugs 41 of the couplings 40are respectively stopped against the seat frame 10 of the seat 1 at thebottom side, and therefore the stands 4 are stopped in the extendedposition to support the extended folding collapsible deck chair 100stably on the floor. When not in use, the stands 4 are respectivelyturned inwards to move the respective couplings 40 away from the seatframe 10 of the seat 1, and then received within the area of the seatframe 10 of the seat 1 and closely attached to the bottom side of theseat 1. Further, because the backrest frame 20 of the backrest 2 and thefootrest frame 30 of the footrest 3 are smoothly arched, the backrest 2and the footrest 3 are received within the area of the seat frame 10 ofthe seat 1 and rested on the top side of the seat 1 when collapsed.

[0014] A prototype of folding collapsible deck chair has beenconstructed with the features of FIGS. 1˜5. The folding collapsible deckchair functions smoothly to provide all of the features discussedearlier.

[0015] Although a particular embodiment of the invention has beendescribed in detail for purposes of illustration, various modificationsand enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited exceptas by the appended claims.

What the invention claimed is:
 1. A folding collapsible deck chaircomprising: a seat for the sitting of the user, said seat having a seatframe, said seat frame having a front side and a rear side; a backrestadapted to support the back of the user sitting on said seat, saidbackrest comprising a backrest frame hinged to the rear side of saidseat frame of said seat and adjusted to one of a series of angularpositions; a footrest adapted to support the legs of the user sitting onsaid seat, said footrest comprising a footrest frame hinged to the frontside of said seat frame of said seat and adjusted to one of a series ofangular positions; and two stands respectively hinged to the front andrear sides of said seat frame of said seat and adapted to support saidseat on a flat surface; wherein said stands each have a width smallerthan said seat frame of said seat for enabling said stands to bereceived within the area of said seat frame of said seat, and twocouplings respectively pivoted to two ends of the front and rear side ofsaid seat frame of said seat, said couplings each having a lug thatlimits the turning angle of said stands relative to said seat frame ofsaid seat.
 2. The folding collapsible deck chair of claim 1 wherein saidbackrest frame of said backrest and said footrest frame of said footresthave are smoothly arched.